Historical Events In August - 01
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
0126 Publius ,Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor (193 AD) 

0527 Justinianus I succeeds Justinus I as emperor of Byzantium 

0527 Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies. 

0607 Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). 

0649 Pope Martinus I chosen successor of Theodorus I [or 8/7] 

0860 Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II 

0902 Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily. 

1021 Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest 

1086 English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier 

1137 Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37). 

1177 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III 

1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies 

1203 Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium 

1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence). 

1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian. 

1404 Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland. 

1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 

1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army sails to England. 

1492 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella 

1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect 

1498 Christopher Columbus reaches the mainland of North America 

1498 Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela). 

1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) 

1588 English admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada 

1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III. 

1619 inaugural black American slaves (20 slaves) land at Jamestown, Virginia 

1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 

1626 Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal. 

1628 In this year, Emperor Ferdinand II formally claims Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism 

1628 Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37. 

1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643]. 

1659 Antoine Mouque, composer. 

1664 Battle at St Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Kiprulu. 

1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 

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